Many advances have recently been made in metaheuristic methods, from
theory to applications. The community of researchers claiming the
relevance of their work to the field of metaheuristics is growing
faster and faster, despite the fact that the term itself has not been
precisely defined. This book discusses theoretical developments in
metaheuristics, cooperative methods combining different approaches,
parallel and distributed metaheuristics for multiobjective
optimization, and real-world applications.

Written for: Engineers, researchers and graduate students in computer
science and fields related to operations research and applied
mathematics.

This textbook grew out of a course that the popular and highly
respected applied mathematician Lee Segel taught at the Weizmann
Institute and it represents his unique perspective. It introduces
differential equations, biological applications, and simulations and
emphasizes molecular events (biochemistry and enzyme kinetics),
excitable systems (neural signals), and small protein and genetic
circuits. This book will appeal to readers because it combines clear
and useful mathematical methods with applications that illustrate the
power of such tools and includes many exercises in reasoning,
modeling, and simulations.

It is intended for upper level undergraduates in mathematics, graduate
students in biology, and lower-level graduate students in mathematics
who would like exposure to biological applications.

Lee A. Segel (1932–2005) was a Professor at the Weizmann Institute of
Science, Rehovot, Israel, where he served as Chairman of Applied
Mathematics, Dean of Mathematical Sciences, and Chairman of the
Scientific Council. Leah Edelstein- Keshet is a Professor in the
Department of Mathematics at the University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, Canada.

To order, or for more information about this and all SIAM books,
please visit http://www.siam.org/books.

The Organizing Committee of the international conference on the
Discrete Simulation of Fluid Dynamics is pleased to invite you to the
22nd such conference, DSFD 2013 <https://dsfd2013.aua.am>, to be held
on the campus of the American University of Armenia <http://aua.am> in
the beautiful and historic city of Yerevan, Armenia
<http://vimeo.com/52708369> from 15-19 July 2013. The conference web
page can be found here: <https://dsfd2013.aua.am>. At this time,
abstract submission is extended until at least 14 April 2013.

Because discrete computational fluid dynamic algorithms are very well
suited for parallel and multi-threaded computation, work in this area
tends to break new ground in computer science and computational
science. Because the method of simulation extends to models of
complex fluids, such as multiphase and amphiphilic flow, liquid
crystals and non-Newtonian fluids, there is interest from many
different areas of the natural sciences as well. The DSFD conferences
are therefore truly interdisciplinary, and include participants from
computer science, computational science, physics, engineering,
mathematics, chemistry, and many other specialties.

Please consider submitting an oral or poster presentation to DSFD
2013. Registration is already open. If you have any questions about
the meeting, please use the convenient web form
<https://dsfd2013.aua.am/contact-us/> to contact us, or write to us by
e-mail <mailto:dsfd2013@aua.am>.

*The workshop intends to bring leading researchers to discuss the
recent developments on numerical analysis, scientific computing, and
inverse problems. It also seeks to build collaboration among the
participants.*

Contributed presentations are invited in areas consistent with the
conference themes, which include but are not limited to inverse
scattering problem, finite element method, discontinuous Galerkin
method, imaging, regularization schemes, etc. Those interested in
giving a contributed talk must submit a title and a brief abstract not
to exceed one page by email to jiguangs@mtu.edu.

*Michigan Technological University is located in Houghton, Michigan.
Houghton's summer climate tends to be especially pleasant, as hot
temperatures are often moderated by the cool waters of the nearby Lake
Superior. It is definitely one of the best places to stay in August.*

The PPAM 2013 conference will cover topics in parallel and distributed
computing, including theory and applications, as well as applied
mathematics. The focus will be on models, algorithms, and software
tools which facilitate efficient and convenient utilization of modern
parallel and distributed computing architectures, as well as on
large-scale applications.

Only papers presented at PPAM 2013 will be included into the
proceedings, which will be published after the conferenceby Springer
in the LNCS series. Full camera-ready versions of accepted papers
will be required by November 15, 2013.

The authors of the best papers selected by the Program Committee will
be invited to submit an extended version of their work to special
issues of the following journals: Scientific Programming, and
Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience.

Workshop on Applied High Performance Numerical Algorithms in PDEs will
be held on September 8-11, 2013 in Warsaw, Poland, as a part of the
10th International Conference on Parallel Processing and Applied
Mathematics (PPAM 2013).

The workshop aims to provide a forum for presentation of new ideas or
achievements in numerical solution of Partial Differential Equations.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
parallel algorithms for PDEs and their implementation
preconditioning techniques
domain decomposition methods
multilevel methods
multiscale methods
nonconforming discretizations
computational fluid dynamics

A limited number of contributed talks will be selected for this
workshop, to be published after the conference by Springer in the LNCS
series.

SUBMISSION DEADLINES
- Due date for abstract submissions for proceedings: April 8, 2013
- Due date for full paper submissions for proceedings: April 15, 2013
- Due date for minisymposium proposals: June 3, 2013
- Due date for abstracts of all contributed and minisymposium
presentations: July 1, 2013

ICERM is pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications
for both our 2013 & 2014 Topical Workshops. Application forms can be
found on the ICERM website at (http://icerm.brown.edu/register).

Additionally, this year's topical workshop, "Issues in Solving the
Boltzmann Equation for Aerospace Applications
<http://icerm.brown.edu/tw13-1-isbeaa>" (June 3-7, 2013) is still open
for registration.

Please use the online application listed above to apply. Any
questions can be directed to Lauren Barrows,
lauren_barrows@icerm.brown.edu

The Department of Energy (DOE), Advanced Scientific Computing Research
(ASCR) program is pleased to announce a new funding opportunity in
Applied Mathematics entitled “Uncertainty Quantification Methodologies
for Enabling Extreme-Scale Science”. This announcement is open to
universities, industry, non- profit organizations, and Federally
Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs), including the DOE
National Laboratories. Please share this with your colleagues.

The DOE National Laboratory announcement, LAB 13-895, is here:
http://science.doe.gov/grants/
Scroll down and look to the right.

The university / industry announcement is here:
https://www.fedconnect.net/FedConnect/PublicPages/PublicSearch/Public_Opportunities.aspx
Under Search Criteria, select “Reference Number” and then enter
“DE-FOA- 0000895”

Pre-applications are required and are due by April 24, 2013, 5:00 PM
Eastern Time.

The Departments of Mathematics/Computer Sciences and Physics/Astronomy
of Heidelberg University invite applications for a tenured
Professorship (W3) in Mathematical Physics. This professorship has
been established within the framework of the German Excellence
Initiative, and it is to play a major role in connecting research in
the two departments.

Applicants should have made important, internationally recognized
contributions to mathematical physics. All subfields of mathematical
physics will be considered. Special attention will be given to
candidates who can demonstrate their ability to enhance and complement
the existing ties between mathematics and physics at Heidelberg
University, for instance, in mathematical aspects of string theory or
of complex physical systems.

The new professor will be a member of the Department of Mathematics/
Computer Science or the Department of Physics/Astronomy depending on
his/her profile and preferences, and will be co-opted to the
respective other department. The successful candidate is expected to
be able to teach in German after some initial period on all levels in
his/her department and to contribute specialized courses aimed at
students of both departments.

Prerequisites for application are a university degree and (in
accordance with Article 47, paragraph 2 of the Higher Education Law of
the state of Baden-Württemberg) a Habilitation, a successfully
evaluated junior professorship or equivalent qualifications.

The faculty intends to increase the number of women in teaching and
research; women are therefore explicitly invited to apply. Handicapped
persons with the same qualifications will be given preference.

Applications (hardcopy and electronic) with curriculum vitae,
description of scientific interests, list of publications (no
reprints), and record of teaching activities should be submitted until
May 17, 2013, to Dekan der Fakultät für Mathematik und Informatik,
Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 288, D-69120 Heidelberg,
Germany, and in electronic form (preferably as ONE PDF file) to
dekanat@mathi. uni-heidelberg.de. Applications should include an
exposé, which describes concepts for interdiciplinary cooperation and
a research plan.

EPSRC funding (U.K.) has recently been awarded for a large
collaborative project between the College of Engineering at Swansea
University, the School of Computer Science and Informatics and the
School of Mathematics both at Cardiff University. The project will
investigate the solution of the Maxwell inverse problems for a medical
imaging application and will involve several different strands
including theoretical analysis, numerical analysis and computational
techniques as well as scientific computing. The project is being led
by Dr P.D. Ledger (Engineering, Swansea) and Professors Brown
(Computer Science, Cardiff), Marletta (Mathematics, Cardiff) and
Walker (Computer Science, Cardiff).

At this time, two 2-year post-doctoral research associate/officer
positions are available and it is anticipated that a further position
will be available next year. The first is on the theoretical analysis
of Maxwell inverse problems and is to be appointed at Cardiff
University. For further details on this position and how to apply for
this post please see

The second post is on the development and implementation of
computational techniques for Maxwell’s equations and their associated
inverse problems and is to be appointed at Swansea University. For
further details on this position and how to apply for this post please
see

School of Mathematics, The University of Manchester
Research Associate, Ref: EPS-02473
Closing date: May 2, 2013.

Applications are invited for two research associate posts on the
EPSRC-funded project "Nonlinear Eigenvalue Problems: Theory and
Numerics". The project involves the development of theory and
numerical methods for nonlinear eigenvalue problems.

Applicants should have completed or be in the process of completing a
PhD or equivalent qualification in Mathematics, and have experience of
research in matrix analysis or in numerical linear algebra.

The posts are available for up to thirty months from 1 June 2013.
Salary GBP 29,541 - 36,298 p.a.